It was one of the first orders issued by the government of Mulinuu after the coming of the chief justice, to have the passage cleared.

It is the disgrace of Mataafa that the thing is not yet done.
The village of Malie is the scene of prosperity and peace.

In a very good account of a visit there, published in the _Australasian_, the writer describes it to be fortified; she must have been deceived by the appearance of some pig walls on the shore.

There is no fortification, no parade of war.

I understand that from one to five hundred fighting men are always within reach; but I have never seen more than five together under arms, and these were the king's guard of honour.